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Lee Killingsworth

Lee Killingsworth
Full Name: Albert Leroy "Lee" Killingsworth
Birth date: December 6, 1859
Death date: February 13, 1913

Terms of Service

  • House, 33rd (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Legislature
    1/14/1913 - 2/13/1913
    Democrat
(1) Longview is the county seat of Gregg County, in eastern Gregg and western Harrison counties. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Longview. House Journal .
(3) Myron G. Blalock, in special election 3/10/1913, sworn 3/13/1913, succeeded Lee Killingsworth, died 2/13/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Marshall, Harrison County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Harrison County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal .
  • 33rd Legislature, R.S., 2/13/1913, p. 619. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Albert Leroy 'Lee' Killingsworth, birth date 12/6/1859, death date 2/13/1913, spouse Sarah Valula Reed (1867-1917). Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, and Schmalzried Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • "Second Legislator Died Today from Spinal Meningitis" and "Will Try to Pass Katy Bill over Governor's Veto," 2/14/1913, p. 1. Reports on deaths of Thomas McNeal and Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Denton Record-Chronicle .
  • Census of 1900 - Lee Killingsworth, Harrison County, age 41, born December 1859 in Alabama, farmer, wife Lula.
    Census of 1910 - Lee Killingsworth, Harrison County, age 50, born circa 1860 in Alabama, farmer, wife Lula.
    [No Lee Killingsworth found in Gregg County Census.] FamilySearch . 1910 1900
  • Lee Killingsworth, age 54, death date 2/13/1913 in Austin, Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Lee Killingsworth, birth date 12/6/1859, death date 1/13/1913 [sic], husband of Lula, burial in Summerfield Cemetery (Old), Gregg County. Find a Grave .
  • "Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" [meningitis] were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News .
  • Obituary, "Hon. Thos. M'Neal Dies; A Victim of Meningitis (Second Representative to Die within 24 hours)," 2/15/1913, p. 4. Mentions death of Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Galveston Daily News .
  • Obituary, "Hon. Lee Killingsworth dies suddenly in Austin: Representative from Longview is victim of meningitis; was a stockman and farmer, residing in Harrison County - House adjourns until Saturday," 2/14/1913, p. 9. About 55 years of age at death, "resided in Harrison County, four miles from Longview," served 8 years on Harrison County Commissioners Court. Galveston Daily News .
  • Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light .
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